DEMA, PSEG SELECT YOUNG ARTISTS AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR ANNUAL CALENDAR ARTWORK

(Smyrna, DE) — Fourteen area children from seven schools have been selected to receive awards for producing art work to be included in the 2018-2019 PSEG Nuclear Emergency Plan Information Calendar for Delaware and New Jersey.

The honorees were chosen from among elementary school students who submitted art work.  All of the participating schools are in the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ), which is the area within a 10 mile radius of the Salem/Hope Creek Generating Stations in New Jersey.  The calendar will be mailed to residents of the EPZ later in the year.  Artwork will be posted to the Delaware Emergency Management Agency’s (DEMA) website in the near future.

WINNERS and SCHOOLS are listed:

Ethan Egloff, Sophia Nguyen – Brick Mill Elementary School

Damien Frezza, Yutika Kedia – Cedar Lane Elementary School

Aziza Prince, Yasmine Wright – Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School

Ruby Jordan, Gabrielle Baran – Old State Elementary School

Makenzie Tyson, Samantha Klein – Silver Lake Elementary School

Paige Romone, Riley Truver – Southern Elementary School

Lincoln Latagne, Ethan Fink – Townsend Elementary School

DEMA Director A.J. Schall, and David Burgin, Corporate Manager-Emergency Preparedness at PSEG, presented the winning students  with gifts and certificates during a ceremony Thursday, April 26 at the Delaware National Guard Smyrna Readiness Center.